or the small, but my d, the mandolin is the instrument of the year and virtual, so i'd be, i'd be tough shows us why it deserves to be heard. what the human library. it's where people take the place of books and tell their life stories to strangers. it was at the heart of the industrial revolution. manchester, the british city, is a top travel destination for 2023. find out why and more now on duramax the it may be small, get it sound is not lost in a large orchestra. on the mandolin dates back to the broke era is railing. musician

on the of utah is one of the world's leading mandolin players. here in berlin, he tells us what he loves about the stringed instrument and why he wants to restore its to its rightful place. the . 2 hi, you, my name is ivy. it'd be done. the mandolin is probably one of the most underestimated instruments into work, but i think it's wonderful. let me show you why the on the i'll be taught regularly packs out. the concert halls like berlin's pierre bootlegs is off. he's renowned as one of the world's best mandolin players, an instrument especially popular with amateur musicians. the for the mangling is this lou wonderful, charming user friendly instruments evolved from either flux,

string instruments and you are from the aging sensor. it became very popular also throughout the 20 century as in kind of an off to work. and samantha instruments who would play with friends after work or would take we do for our church for 2023. germany's federal state councils for music has named the mandolin instruments of the year originating and the italian broke. today it appears in a variety of sizes and shapes and this hit gave it. it's breakthrough into pop and rock the so this is the operating of our youngest, losing my religion. the sun came out when i was in primary schools. so i think like over night i became this school kid who can play the area and song instead of that idea that plays, you know, the valley in boston. born and raised in southern israel. i'll be, i'll be taught,

discover the mandolin at h 8, a journey of discovery that has never ended. in 2010, he became the 1st mandolin player ever to be nominated for a grammy. for best, instrumental solo is performance with orchestra. he feels especially drawn to adaptations of classical music such as of all these concerto in a minor, the even though i'm the mentoring pair for that many years professionally. i feel that it's few holes secret series that i need to review. i see with every new piece that i played sometimes is really the very 1st directions or is this not playable on demand and, and then, you know, i would sit with it for half an hour and figure out a way to play it. and it's like, ok, isn't that a way to play the mandolin? so i have a list of discoveries to stay with the instruments. for lynn has become ivy, ivy towels 2nd film. he moved to germany's capital in 2009. 2

berlin is interesting and it's the, just the difference to relation to my career activity and through the way i, i, i play or interpret the mixture of people and of cultures that you encounter here in the are toward the music forward. but not only is easiest. so and reaching his ideal world is one with a mandolin in every home. avi, i'd be taught frequently holds workshops designed to introduce the instrument to a broader public. ready it's one of the world's easiest instruments to learn. the simplest through cards are g major and c major g major is you put the 1st finger on the 2nd front of the 2nd string. and this fingered on the 1st spring on the 3rd from one spring up. and you have

a c major's cord. i'd be happy to mix appearances the world over, not only as a musician, but as an ambassador and advocate for a long under appreciated instrument. the i am on a mission to bring that mangling, you know, in the front stage, i think partly because it's suffered off of kind of a little bit of a bad reputation or bad connotations throughout the history of music is a sweet instrument, extremely capable. not in any way under any of the other instruments that they know the

in a library, you can borrow and read books. but can books tell us as much as people can in the danish capital. copenhagen, there is something called a human library that invites you to listen and ask questions. here's how it works. i'm a blind thought. i'm a social work, a book. i'm a changed into 9 by an area, but in modified. i'm here in copenhagen in denmark at the world's 1st over human library. now this is a place where you can come and borrow people instead of books and hear their story . so let's find out which books are available today. the human library was founded in the year 2000 in copenhagen as a safe place to discuss the subjects that otherwise might be uncomfortable. work considered taboo in casual conversation. what is that from that there are 6 books

available today, and these are some of the topics that we can discuss now. i'm going to start by borrowing a blind fuck fleming baptist and wasn't born in the line. he gradually lost his eye sight over the years story. he's not afraid to share. somebody, ask me. i have always been blind. i could tell a story about who is to be blind and the story about to have the notion with the 1st 210 years of my life, and later a kid on the total blindness. people don't think a lot of files to be blind. cop crawford elastic, it's couldn't be okay and how does the dog help you that helped me to find the as old as step seats? it also helps me to go from a to be in a right temple. because if i only use my white stick to take pelvis, as well as if i use my dog. this is how the library works. visitors come on the

weekend and choose from the list of available, so called books. then they're introduced to their book and have 30 minutes to sit down and chat with that specific person about their chosen topics. both parties can break up the conversation at any time if they feel uncomfortable. ronnie abigail sound of the human library 23 years ago here. and coping hagan now operates in 85 countries worldwide. well, i want him to create a safe space where we could explore diversity, challenge our unconscious bias and basically mean people. we thought we might have something again, so we don't like we were not socially, you know, certain about and just really find out what's going on. who are you? now i'm going to borrow a non binary transgender, but i'll round addresses personal questions about gender as well. as body modification, which some people might find intimidating. i've heard from

a lot of people that they are a little bit afraid of me. last time i was here in the reading garden, have 3 conversation and all 3 said if i were just to walk past you on the street, i wouldn't be a little bit afraid. $1000000.00 and that was like less money. okay. yeah. i'll just fix openly about being born a biological female, but using a non binary identity after transitioning the i thing the best thing you can ever experience is talking to somebody you don't really understand when i sit in front of somebody and we just, i'm on the surface don't think we have anything in common. that's the most interesting conversation we can have. because if you just read a book, you can, you can serve, decide for yourself what part of and you want to read and how seriously you want to take it. but when i'm here in front of you and we have eye contact, then you see that i'm

a nice person. you want to listen to me more than just reading a book. visitors can also seek advice from the books as a social worker and know how to help the people i'm working with the families. i work with maintenance my perspective. i've been myself in the system from when i was born. so i know what the people i am hell, thing thinks about being in the system. visitors reactions are positive iphone. it's really interesting, john. there are many different books that you can read and learn. i learned a lot and we don't know their lives. i think it's really important to have these like safe space where people can get to each other and he so, so nice because maybe you that have the opportunity to meet people really different from you in like your daily life. and i think it's a pain for them as a project. for me, i have experience to really get really deep down into to a topic. i would, nobody never touched. so for me to talk with the person. and so i understand what

is going on behind a person's mind and how could i menu me that was to show the biggest amount of, of speaking to. so how does one qualify to become a book? while i think that's a good book and we can library somebody who really has faced bias and stigma and prejudice and can help us better understand the group and the community that they were present. the subjects or books to change from week to week to keep readers coming back for more interesting discussion. overall, i've been very impressed with my experience here at the human library because to tell you the truth, i probably wouldn't have the chance to borrow such books or meet such people in my daily life. and also reminded me that you can never judge a book by its cover if you're traveling to the u. k. don't just see london. you might be surprised to hear that manchester in northern

england was recently included in the list of the world's best travel destinations for 2023. we wanted to find out if a trip to the former industrial city is really worth it. welcome to manchester, the northern industrial city that is probably most well known for its football, or for the fact that it's because musical legends like oasis and the stone roses. but the cities, industrial heritage means is not exactly famous for its beauty and therefore isn't usually on everyone's travels bucket list. however, it's the only you case that you need to be named one of the places to be in 2023 by both lonely planet national geographic. i'm here today, it's 5 that if that's really the case, i'll be checking at some of the places mentioned by lily plan the national geographic as well as so mind communion institutions. so let's get going. i'm starting out with a wonder through the on coach district, which was once the beating heart of the cities industry. my gestures payments for being the 1st industrialized city in the world,

and was the case leading producer of kaufman and textiles during the industrial revolution. nowadays on coats is one of the coolest districts in the city with lots of up and coming restaurants, cassie's and bars. manchester is one of your at the fastest growing cities, but it seemed even more redevelopment than usual since the pon demik. there seemed to be individual projects being set up all over the city. this big white building over here is under construction right now, so we kind of getting closer to what it says to open in june as a major, our space and cultural ha of the issues development hasn't just being about new building. creating more green spaces has been at the heart of the cities. grove. mayfield park is mine just as far as our city center public park. and it was designed as an urban escape. the

you can see that they've really made an effort to preserve manchester's industrial parts in the midst of this huge peaceful, green space unique to the city, i guess time for some more culture. sounds on the wall as mine, testers, oldest license music venue. and it just recently reopened again last year after undergoing some major refurbishments. manchester has always had a thriving culture, especially when it comes to music. i me thing santana, get who to find out more about how the city shape the music scene here. the why do you think manchester has been such a hot spot for music? it's always be like trying to redefine itself. lots of d r y things happening. i think that's where the music came from. like and also the influence that came into the city. so we've always had quite

a big immigration or influx of from the irish and folks back in the days to yeah. to the south asian influx to, to, to make an influx. ok. so there's always been kind of something going on in manchester which influenced the music and i think you can hear it and that full. and i think there for the great music that came out and the great opposite came out of my chest. now i'm heading to my final stuff of the day to matches, so wouldn't be complete service and one of the famous craft beer by some of the find suppressed fear in the world, it is free to write here in manchester. so a trip to the marble arch and it seems like the perfect end to my day is welcome. thank is. so is it clear that you guys have here? is it all locally brewed through the date initially start in the cream of where the kitchen is now in system very, very tiny and it's

a positive popularity demand group. we needed to pick pharmacists. so with that right away arch from the corner from the pub. 5 hired and going away because the possibilities and manchester operating out was it issues right away. ok. we would have us do it the well i have to say i've been live at least surprised by manchester. it might not be as useful as some other cities, but this definitely a vibe and an atmosphere here. so a lot of other places just don't have just the alternative seen as well. you're saying 9 testers desperately besides the now for a mouth watering tube delicious dishes such as the last rice for my fe or typical of west african cuisine. and rarely found on the menu in europe and restaurants, but in london is a coco restaurant. you can now enjoy specialties from west africa underscore may

level this may be the most elegant sheila for ice north of africa. on some groove, lots to, to go with it. what's the story behind it or cruising version of this west african testing? normally your life wouldn't be safe enough. hand across to ceramic fall like that and smoking christy rice and whatever is just that. sorry. the zip sation of what you know child it is you know where you eat that rice and it's called the time but then it's like crusty and shot smoke. he is nice. the rest of a cocoa has been typing up the london restaurant scene with some newsletter since 2020 west african classics buying dining levels are introducing western pilots to a new kind of very well to

our approach to the way that we took our food here is again, take in open ticket, plastic methodology, classic dishes. and then we refine it. i use uh, you know, from white background on modern techniques and progressive ways of cooking. it just sort of really intensifies the flavors and not sees with us throughout the whole of the or maybe for found a g. i could call me a cocoa is a dream come true. he grew up in nigeria before coming to london to study and later giving up his career for his true passion. astronomy and his restaurant is based on the core concept. wanted people to come in and view of any of your tablets to a remote part of i think that is just fine with to keep everyone pretty much and the other people write down recipes. you're actually getting back to wasting down and taking that heritage. i've done this really tell you the but you know, trying to showcase it in an elegant are you uh they gave me husband the head

ship at a car coast in september of 2022 to 34 year old grew up in southern england as the son of nigerian parents and has worked in the top rates and missional style restaurants worldwide to maine. my childhood memories, in terms of food, destiny, go back to my mother. i think it's a very cliche thing to say about how united you get inspired from your home cooking and parents cooking. but it's very true. yeah, it has a lot in this 1000 memories for me, especially the travels of go back to nigeria visiting the st. mock is illegals. foreign markets in london are you, uh, they gave me fine spices that are less familiar in europe, like spicy and fishy grains of paradise. all grains of sin named a type of like spice from senegal. a kind of go gets many ingredients unavailable in europe directly from produce the countries a is a bit of a struggle to kind of source,

those specialist spices for us the significance to what's happening, food we work very closely with these guys to ensure that we get the, the best quality spices to start as and secondly, that these are the specific to the cuisine that we're featuring. the mega stuff west african cuisine is to law fries. and to take center stage on attackers menu to say then spice of the rice with a test source might have felt it is a means cusp on. it shouldn't use a spices kid. they spend hours concentrating it into a paste. this can either be took out of a fire in playful or 16 or even bates. so in the restaurant, hey, we cause consistency. the rise to sit with drills scottish lobster,

along with the source entering made of terrace. finally, the jan law fries smoked to be the face of this restaurant and you know, showcase the food that we did. hey, this is trudy and on. we want to embrace our culture and we want to educate people as a native showcased this wonderful kazi. and we would love to see a coca cola. i'm not the only person that's experienced at all for i see that from my mom. you know, i want the world's finest vices and mommy. these are the 3 basic degrees ends and there were signs was timed and no house. but how a cocoa has managed to find the establish, feel centric taste of west africa, or cuisine level in london. start this commentary when they say one person's trashes and others treasure and yes, you can make art out of just about anything with our sculptures made of trash.

stephanie, kick us once, people to question consumerism. when i see this kind of things of cross i'm i always think okay, this is what's going to be left once you monitor. if he's gone not of science, know our plastic trash. and that's why i liked to you. it's in my own work because i feel like that's the most of use, stupid thing, lexi to nature researching itself in the world. that's the overriding theme of stephanie killed guests. what the french artist, phones, plants and creatures out of clay. and let's, and populate. and even overpower trash produced by humans. a wanting to humanity off for sure can help question the

world. i'm glad we live in. and in a way that is much more visceral then documentary can be like, usually off work, it's conscious you emotionally and not the collect truly. and i feel like that is um, what is most important to know stephanie co gust studied architecture as a child. she loved to make minutes of sculptures. she's been creating her discarded objects pieces since 2017. as people loved them. she's got hundreds of thousands of follows on social media and exhibits in europe. asia, australia ends north america. to my work. less. it's kind of like, i tend to describe it as a post apocalyptic, cheerful, via pre, you know, like, it's really happy. everyone is colorful, everything is chill and you have those colors and move shapes. and you just have

what's left off you mom and see which unfortunately isn't the beautiful things. it's trucks. the little town of fun in southern brittany, this is where the oddest lives and works. the plots that sprout from the towns crevices her inspiration. this unstoppable march of nature is reflected in her paces for my walk, i really picked an interest in nature. and so now when i'm out and about, i always look out for the tiny things that grow out everywhere. and uh, yeah, i really love it. so anything that grows really picks my interest to message is expressed, not just in sculptures, but also paintings. whether in small or re large formats, nature is always vibrant and ramping and even color noises books. the classic

cultural assets, the, the basic idea books is that it's a bit like the truck. so the book is just a representation of know which and what we know and about everything that requirements we doing to the environments. and yet, despite our knowledge, we do nothing. as for the trash, it keeps piling up. stephanie co guest now receive some of the garbage from friends, discarded items on the basis for new inspiration, the and that's all from europe max this week. be sure to follow us on social media for more from the world of culture and lifestyle. thanks for tuning in and join us again.

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